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 The Scientist Federal Research Grant Awards Fall to a Six-Year Low An independent grant tracker's analysis of NIH's own award records shows the agency has issued fewer grant awards this fiscal year than in any of the past six. As Washington fights over how much control political appointees should have over which National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants get funded, a simpler number has gone largely unremarked: the agency is issuing fewer of them.  Scott Delaney , a former Harvard University epidemiologist, began helping build Grant Witness early last year while facing the loss of his own federal research funding; it has since grown into an independent, grant-by-grant record of federal science funding disruptions. In a recent interview, he noted that NIH's total spending is much closer to last year's levels than its number of awards is. “We’re down 15,000 grants [nationally],” he  told  the  Boston Globe . Grant Witness’s own published analysis of NIH’s award r...

 NIH Building Thriving Research Groups LINK A new five-part virtual series building on the foundation of the Raising a Resilient Scientist Series (RRS) for faculty and staff who work with, supervise, and support research fellows. About the series The  Building Thriving Research Groups Series  is a five-part series designed for PIs, staff scientists, staff clinicians, and others who supervise or support fellows in research settings. Through practical frameworks, strategies, case discussions, and tools, participants will explore how to set clear expectations, understand and respond to fellows' needs, communicate and provide feedback effectively, navigate performance and conflict, and support well-being—for fellows, colleagues, and themselves. The series recognizes that creating a thriving research group is a shared responsibility. PIs may have overall responsibility for the group, while staff scientists, staff clinicians, and other experienced team members often play import...

NIH Becoming a Resilient Scientist (BRS) series LINK A five-part series including lectures and discussion groups to help you develop skills needed to thrive in research and healthcare careers. On this page About the series How to attend Additional resources About the series The Becoming a Resilient Scientist series provides tools to help you build resilience and thrive in high-knowledge environments. You will develop skills in well-being, assertiveness, and responding to feedback that can strengthen relationships within research groups and beyond. The series is designed for trainees and fellows at all levels, including those who supervise or mentor others and want to strengthen their mentoring skills. To learn more about the effectiveness of the series, read our publication,  Becoming a Resilient Scientist series: an intervention program . How to attend The series includes five sessions. Each session consists of a lecture followed by a facilitated small group discussion, where you ...

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  2026 Westbrook Columbus Weekend Arts and Craft Show Westbrook, ME Date of Event October 10, 2026 - October 11, 2026 Event Location Westbrook Community Center  426 Bridge St Westbrook, ME 04092 Get Directions » Event Type: Description of Event: Westbrook Columbus Weekend Arts and Craft Show will be held on October 10-11, 2026. It will host an array of artists and craftsmen displaying and selling a variety of items, including seasonal florals, cards, decorative boxes, wearable art, pocketbooks and bags, beautiful handcrafted jewelry, gourmet foods, soaps and lotions, candles, soft sculpture, fine art with watercolors and acrylics, Victorian decor, glassware, country crafts, ceramics, stained glass and much more. Hours: 9am-4pm both days

The Guardian Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures A caiman wearing a wig, two brown bears laughing and a leopard doing a handstand feature in the selection of finalists from this year’s  Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards . Winners will be announced on 8 December by Matt Fidler View image in fullscreen Dirk Koster – The different one ‘I took this in 2025 in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, in the Oltepesi area. Three young giraffes were standing side by side on the savanna and looked back at me with great curiosity. Right behind the middle one stood a single umbrella acacia, perfectly lined up with its head and neck. The giraffe seemed to be wearing the tree, like a green hairdo or a fancy hat. Nothing was staged or arranged; it was a matter of being in the right spot at the right moment’ Photograph: Dirk Koster/Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 Share View image in fullscreen Lee Frost – Nature’s window Azure damselfly ( Coenagrion puella ) Stoke-on-Trent, UK‘May, 6am, a...